James Michael is a lot easier to listen to than Chad Kroeger or Vince Neil. I didn't realize the song writing talent of Nikki Sixx until after I had read the Heroin Diaries and started listening to Sixx: A.M.

Interesting. They're not a band I can really recommend to people because they're so strange, but I enjoy them. I didn't even realize their second album has been out for months. I would occasionally check on Amazon.com, but I didn't look them up on iTunes until the other day.

Crystal Castles - III

Still a fan, and I'm glad to hear new stuff.

For $2 for a month's membership, I decided to go ahead with Daytrotter. I was surprised at their selection. I joined to be able to download the Emily Wells session, but I also picked up sessions by Au Revoir Simone, Best Coast, Chairlift, Clues, CocoRosie, Deerhoof, First Aid Kit, Grimes, Grouplove, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jaymay, Jenny Owen Youngs, Kaki King, Kimya Dawson, Laura Marling, Lightspeed Champion, Love Is All, Metric, Nellie McKay, Nerf Herder, Rasputina, Spoon, Surfer Blood, Tegan and Sara, The Thermals, Tilly and the Wall, Tori Amos, and some others. Good haul for $2.

Last night I dusted off my Eric Clapton 'ONE MORE CAR ONE MORE RIDER' live concert DVD (128 mins) that was recorded in LA in 2001.

I have never heard this through my M22s, twin Velo subs & QS4s before nor was I able to use the DTS Surround mode previously - only 2 Ch stereo.

I normally set the level at -10 Db which was fine for the first 8 tracks in the acoustic set; however, when the whole band fired up, it almost blew me out of the room - I felt that I was inside the kick drum! Reduced to -15 Db - still too much so I finally settled on -20 Db that put me in about row 10 in the audience.

The DTS Surround mix is quite phenomenal with tremendous bass impact throughout. Furthermore, the yahoos in the crowd occasionally irritated me from the rear. The upscaled video quality through my Denon AVR was also very good.

Good concert, especially the electric version of 'Layla'. Highly recommended...